This page contains some useful links.

The link to the United States Patent and Trademark Office's website is www.uspto.gov .

The Patent and Trademark Office's page contains a link that provides general infromation about patents and how to get a patent . Additionally, fees charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and forms provided by the Patent and Trademark Office are available. Further, the Patent and Trademark Office has a section for assistance for individual inventors and resources .

Regarding patents and the embargo on Iran by the US see 31 CFR 560 or more precisely see 31 CFR 560.509 (there seems to be a lot of misinformation on the web about this topic). 31 CFR 560.509 may also be posted on the website for the Department of Treasurey. There may be other statustes, rules, regulations that Iranians need to be consider related to doing business in the US and applying for patents.

Some useful patent related links